HOUSE OF BAMBOO

CHOREOGRAPHER: Irene Groundwater, # 307 - 1717 W. 13th Ave., Vancouver, BC Canada V6J 2H2 - August 2001
		Tel & Fax No. (604) 732-0693, e-mail address: aiground@telus.net
COUNT: 32
TYPE: 1 Wall Line Dance
LEVEL: Easy Intermediate
MUSIC: House Of Bamboo by Southern Culture On The Skids-156 BPM (CD: Plastic Seat Sweat)
	Or any 32 count music of your choice

Note: House of Bamboo has a 16 count Introduction
and an 8 count Tag after the 12th dance pattern. (see below)

MAMBO STEPS

1-4	Right forward, Replace Left, Close Right to Left, Hold
5-8	Left back, Replace Right, Close Left to Right, Hold
	(Option - Use Cuban motion on Mambo Steps)

FORWARD, CLOSE, FORWARD, HOLD

9-10	Right forward, Close Left to Right
11-12	Right forward, Hold
	(Option - Count 10 - Left locks behind Right)

FORWARD, PIVOT 1/2 TURN RIGHT, FORWARD, HOLD

13-14	Left forward, Pivot 1/2 turn Right transferring weight to Right
15-16	Left forward, Hold

SIDE, CLOSE, SIDE, HOLD

17-18	Side step Right, Close Left to Right
19-20	Side step Right, Hold

CROSS, REPLACE, 1/4 TURN LEFT, HOLD

21-22	Cross Left over Right, Replace Left
23-24	Step Left to left side making 1/4 turn left, Hold

PIVOT 1/4 TURN LEFT, CLOSE, BACK, HOLD

25-26	Side step Right pivoting 1/4 turn left on Left ball, Close Left to Right
27-28	Right back, Hold
	(Option - On count 27 - Snap fingers on both hands to the right side of body)

DIAGONAL BACK, HOLD, TOUCH TOE BACK, HOLD

29-30	Left diagonal back, Hold
31-32	Point Right toe back, Hold
	(Option - On count 29 - Snap fingers on both hands to the left side of the body
	- On count 31 - Snap fingers of both hands behind body on right side.)

BEGIN AGAIN

8 COUNT TAG: - Dance (Mambo Steps) Counts 1 to 8 shown above
(Only danced once after the 12th dance pattern.)

Choreographed for Michele Perron's Hot Tamales Dance Festival in West Vancouver, August 18, 2001.

Note: This step description may be freely copied and distributed,
but may not be altered or rewritten without the express permission of the choreographer.

From: aiground@telus.net (Irene Groundwater)

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